Arch: find package for specific command

July 7, 2018 less than 1 minute read

The problem is: How do you find the package for a given command? Two solutions are presented.

Use the program pkgfile.
Use pacman.
1. Update database: $ sudo pacman -Fy
2. Searching: $ pacman -Fs $cmd

NixOS: cargo linker error

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There are multiple ways to install a rust toolchain under NixOS. One easy way is to install gcc, rustup system-wide, e.g. # file: /etc/nixos/configuration.ni...

NixOS: Deleting old generations

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NixOS will keep all previous generations (builds) by default. This can quickly take up signification amount of disk space. E.g. for my local setup of 46 buil...

Proxmox: Blank login screen

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tldr; The proxmoxlib.js file was corrupted and needed to be manually replaced.

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September 10, 2025 less than 1 minute read

Synology run deprecated versions of sshd. The cbc cipher needs to be explicitly allowed.

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